Chicago panchang, 9 December 2025
Sunrise 07:08 Sunset 16:18 Moonrise 21:49 Margashirsha month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-06:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
07:08 to 16:18- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Durmuhurta 08:58 – 09:34
- Yamaganda 09:25 – 10:34
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:24 – 12:01
- Gulika Kalam 11:43 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam 14:00 – 15:09
- 14:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:52 Moon enters Leo
Night
16:18 to 07:08 next day- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Pradosha 16:18 – 19:16
- Brahma Muhurta 05:10 – 06:09 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Shashthi until 02:17 next day
- Nakshatra Ashlesha until 14:52 · lord Mercury
- Yoga Vaidhriti until 01:16 next day
- Karana Gara until 14:31, then Vanija
- Vara Tuesday lord Mars
- Moon and Sun Cancer Moon Sun in Scorpio
- 14:31 Karana becomes Vanija
- 14:52 Nakshatra becomes Magha
- 14:52 Moon enters Leo
- 01:16 next day Yoga becomes Vishkambha
- 02:17 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Saptami
- 02:17 next day Karana becomes Vishti
Times to avoid
- Inauspicious yoga Vaidhriti Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 03:03 – 01:16 next day
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 08:58 – 09:34
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 09:25 – 10:34
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:43 – 12:51
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:00 – 15:09
- Inauspicious yoga Vishkambha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 01:16 – 02:28 next day
- Bhadra (Vishti karana) On earth (martya) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.43–45, pp. 35–38 02:17 – 14:15 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:09 – 06:08
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:24 – 12:01
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:18 – 19:16
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 07:08 – 14:52
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 14:52 – 07:08 next day
Choghadiya
| Rog | 07:08 – 08:16 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Udveg | 08:16 – 09:25 | Bad |
| Char | 09:25 – 10:34 | Neutral |
| Labh | 10:34 – 11:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 11:43 – 12:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 12:51 – 14:00 | Bad |
| Shubh | 14:00 – 15:09 | Good |
| Rog | 15:09 – 16:18 | Bad |
| Kaal | 16:18 – 18:09 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Labh | 18:09 – 20:00 | Good |
| Udveg | 20:00 – 21:52 | Bad |
| Shubh | 21:52 – 23:43 | Good |
| Amrit | 23:43 – 01:34 next day | Good |
| Char | 01:34 – 03:26 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 03:26 – 05:17 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 05:17 – 07:08 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 07:08 NowMars
- 07:53 NowSun
- 08:39 NowVenus
- 09:25 NowMercury
- 10:11 NowMoon
- 10:57 NowSaturn
- 11:43 NowJupiter
- 12:28 NowMars
- 13:14 NowSun
- 14:00 NowVenus
- 14:46 NowMercury
- 15:32 NowMoon
- 16:18 NowSaturn
- 17:32 NowJupiter
- 18:46 NowMars
- 20:00 NowSun
- 21:15 NowVenus
- 22:29 NowMercury
- 23:43 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:57 NowSaturn
- 02:11 NowJupiter
- 03:26 NowMars
- 04:40 NowSun
- 05:54 NowVenus
- 07:08 NowMars
- 08:08 NowSun
- 09:08 NowVenus
- 10:08 NowMercury
- 11:08 NowMoon
- 12:08 NowSaturn
- 13:08 NowJupiter
- 14:08 NowMars
- 15:08 NowSun
- 16:08 NowVenus
- 17:08 NowMercury
- 18:08 NowMoon
- 19:08 NowSaturn
- 20:08 NowJupiter
- 21:08 NowMars
- 22:08 NowSun
- 23:08 NowVenus
- Next day
- 00:08 NowMercury
- 01:08 NowMoon
- 02:08 NowSaturn
- 03:08 NowJupiter
- 04:08 NowMars
- 05:08 NowSun
- 06:08 NowVenus
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:09 – 05:15 Libra
- 05:15 – 07:42 Scorpio
- 07:42 – 09:42 Sagittarius
- 09:42 – 11:11 Capricorn
- 11:11 – 12:22 Aquarius
- 12:22 – 13:31 Pisces
- 13:31 – 14:51 Aries
- 14:51 – 16:38 Taurus
- 16:38 – 18:57 Gemini
- 18:57 – 21:30 Cancer
- 21:30 – 00:04 next day Leo
- 00:04 – 02:37 next day Virgo
- 02:37 – 05:11 next day Libra
- 05:11 – 07:08 next day Scorpio
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CST (UTC-6) · Method